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Scientific Agent Skills

177 science skills: biology, chemistry, medicine.

Open the README (opens in a new tab)

Title block: Scientific Agent Skills

T-169
Part no.
T-169Sheet 169 of 268
GitHub stars
53,569Read 2026-10-21
Last activity
2026-10-19Last code push
Group
SkillsDrawer 13
Layer
Harness3 of 5 in the stack
License
MIT
Kind
Code on GitHub
Language
Python
Install
Not tested yetCatalog entry
Gap Score
not scored yetStatus: pending test on Mac Studio
Entry checked
2026-10-21
1Install

Install: not tested yet.

We list this tool, but we have not run its install.

Not tested yet

Follow the project’s own instructions. Our agent file lists the steps we found in its README or docs, marked unverified, so an AI agent can read them with you.

Open the README (opens in a new tab)Steps we found (.md)
2What it is

Where it sits in the stack.

  1. 5ToolsIts hands and senses.
  2. 4MemoryWhat it remembers.
  3. 3HarnessThis partScientific Agent Skills sits here.
  4. 2RuntimeRuns the model.
  5. 1ModelThe brain you download.
Fig. 3The local AI stack, pulled apart. Scientific Agent Skills sits on layer 3, the harness layer.

In plain words

Scientific Agent Skills: 177 science skills: biology, chemistry, medicine.

Its layer · Harness

The harness is the app around the model. It turns answers into actions: a chat window, code edits, tasks done for you.

Its group · Skills

Ready-made know-how your agent can load: one folder per task. 27 tools share this drawer.

3Links and handoff
setups/scientific-agent-skills.md

Hand this page to your agent.

The Agent view is this page as plain text: every field above, plus the install steps we found (not tested). An AI agent can read it and do the setup with you.

.md.json
4Same drawer

More in Skills.

The next parts in this drawer, in part-number order. Bar: share of the most starred tool (OpenClaw, 392,108).catalog.json ·
No.PartWhat it doesLicenseGitHub starsLast activity
T-170Seedance 2.0 SkillsPythonSeedance 2.0 video prompts: camera, light, sound, fixes.Seedance 2.0 video prompts: camera, light, sound, fixes.MIT7,8822026-10-03
T-171Sentry SkillsPythonThe Sentry team's skills: reviews, commits, bug hunts.The Sentry team's skills: reviews, commits, bug hunts.Apache-2.01,0802026-10-19
T-172Supabase SkillsTypeScriptSkills for Supabase and Postgres.Skills for Supabase and Postgres.MIT2,9022026-10-02
T-173SuperpowersShellMakes coding agents plan, test and review their work.Makes coding agents plan, test and review their work.MIT303,1332026-10-21
T-174Trail of Bits SkillsPythonSecurity skills: find bugs and audit code.Security skills: find bugs and audit code.CC-BY-SA-4.07,6872026-10-21
T-175Vercel Agent SkillsJavaScriptReact, Next.js and web design rules from Vercel.React, Next.js and web design rules from Vercel.unknown32,7712026-10-14
6 of the 26 other tools in this group.All 27 in Skills
Agent view · text/markdown · or send Accept: text/markdown
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category_label: "Skills"
stack_layer: "harness"
homepage: "https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.00065"
repo: "https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills"
license: "MIT"
stars: 53569
stars_as_of: "2026-10-21"
last_push: "2026-10-19"
archived: false
part_no: "T-169"
labels: []
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gap_score: null
gap_score_status: "pending test on Mac Studio"
verified_on: "2026-10-21"
---

Scientific Agent Skills 


**What:** 177 science skills: biology, chemistry, medicine.

**Why:** Ready-made know-how your agent can load: one folder per task.

**Category:** Skills · **Stack layer:** harness

Status 


Catalog entry. Existence and repo metadata checked 2026-10-21 via the GitHub API. Install commands below are auto-extracted from the README and have NOT been executed or verified. Read the README before running anything; prefer a sandbox or venv.

Install (unverified) 


1. [any] source: Hermes Agent docs, skills page (read 2026-10-21); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
hermes skills search <word>
```

2. [any] source: Hermes Agent docs, skills page (read 2026-10-21); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
hermes skills install <id from search>
```

3. [any] source: vercel-labs/skills docs/commands.md (read 2026-10-21); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills --list
```

4. [any] source: vercel-labs/skills docs/commands.md (read 2026-10-21); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills --skill <name>
```

Verify 


No verified check yet. Minimum: the install command exits 0 and the tool's own help/version flag runs (exact flag: see README).

Rollback (unverified) 


1. source: vercel-labs/skills docs/commands.md (read 2026-10-21)

```bash
npx skills remove <name>
```

Links 


- Homepage: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.00065
- Repo: https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills
- README: https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills#readme

Part sheet (human page https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/scientific-agent-skills) 


- Part number: T-169 (sheet 169 of 268). Part numbers follow the stack: layer, then group, then A to Z by name. Star counts never move a number.
- Group: Skills (drawer 13 of 20, https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/c/skills). Layer: 3 of 5, harness.
- GitHub (catalog.json, read 2026-10-21): 53,569 stars; last code push 2026-10-19.
- Install: Not tested yet (catalog entry).
- Entry checked: 2026-10-21.
- Next parts in this drawer: T-170 Seedance 2.0 Skills (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/seedance-skills), T-171 Sentry Skills (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/sentry-skills), T-172 Supabase Skills (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/supabase-skills), T-173 Superpowers (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/superpowers), T-174 Trail of Bits Skills (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/trailofbits-skills), T-175 Vercel Agent Skills (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/vercel-agent-skills).
- Previous part: T-168 Replicate Skills (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/replicate-skills). Next part: T-170 Seedance 2.0 Skills (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/seedance-skills).